Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Not a Botanist


Mr. Rellim and I grow an awesome salsa garden in the summer. We also have some fairly nice perennial gardens around the house. Knowing this, a friend asked me to diagnose the problem with a big tree in her yard. I told her that it looked like Dutch Elm Disease. A few days later, a university botanist made a house call to look at her tree. "First of all," he said, "this is an oak tree."

I guess I'll stick with the tomatoes.

2 comments:

ChrisMc said...

That's funny! My question is: How did she get a university botanist to come to your house? I've been trying to get help w/ our arborvitae bushes. Took samples to the plant lab at U of I but didn't really get any answers.

Whitney said...

You've never been one to keep a strong opinion to yourself. It's why I LOVE YOU!